Actuator cap construction for aerosol devices

Claim 1

ONE-PIECE MOLDED PLASTIC ACTUATOR CAP FOR A DISPENSING CONTAINER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: (A) A TUBULAR CAP BODY HAVING MEANS FOR SECURING IT TO AN AEROSOL CONTAINER, (B) A DEPRESS BUTTON DISPOSED FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT WITHIN AND SPACED FROM THE CAP BODY, (C) MEANS ON SAID BUTTON, ENGAGEABLE WITH A VALVE STEM OF THE AEROSOL CONTAINER TO ACUTATE THE STEM, (D) SAID BUTTON HAVING AN ORIFICE FOR DISCHARGING AEROSOL SUBSTANCE RECEIVED FROM THE VALVE STEM, (E) A PLURALITY OF SHORT FRANGIBLE WEBS SPACED FROM EACH OTHER AND LOCATED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN AND CONNECTING THE BUTTON AND CAP BODY, (F) SAID WEBS BEING INTEGRAL WITH BOTH THE BUTTON AND CAP BODY AND THE LATTER AND BUTTON BEING OTHWERWISE SPACED APART AND OTHERWISE UNATTACHED TO EACH OTHER EXCEPT BY SAID WEBS, (G) SAID WEBS NORMALLY HOLDING THE BUTTON IN AN OPERATIVE POSITION SPACED WITHIN THE CAP BODY AND ALL SAID WEBS BECOMING COMPLETELY SEVERED UPON THE FIRST OCCASION OF THE BUTTON BEING SHIFTED VERTICALLY IN THE BODY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACTUATING THE SAID VALVE STEM, SAID BUTTON BEING THEREBY FREED OF THE CAP BODY AND CARRIED WHOLLY BY THE VALVE STEM FOR MOVEMENT INDEPENDENTLY OF THE BODY IN A PATH DETERMINED BY THE STEM, WITH WHICH LATTER IT IS ENGAGED.